Although their duel had ended in defeat, the morale of the defending side had been affected to some extent.
However, Shi Lei remained calm. He immediately used the City Defense Crossbow to destroy the enemy's Battering Ram and two Siege Towers, winning back a point and restoring their morale in the process.
By now, Shi Lei had already seen through the enemy's arrangements.
Siege equipment had always been meant to work together. Siege Towers, Cloud Ladders, and Battering Rams would launch a simultaneous, multipronged assault, stretching the defenders' forces thin and keeping them too busy to look after everything. Only then could they tear open a breach and create an opportunity.
But now that the Battering Ram had been blasted apart and two Siege Towers had been knocked down, it was equivalent to severing one of the enemy's arms, enough to greatly weaken the intensity of their entire siege.
On top of the wall, after pinpointing the direction from which the enemy's Siege Tower was being pushed up, Shi Lei immediately ordered the new recruits to form a Spear Formation and drive into it.
He arranged for veteran soldiers to fill the gaps on both sides, ensuring that even if something unexpected happened, they could respond in time.
The new recruits gripped their spears tightly with both hands. Their tense faces revealed their utter nervousness, and at some point, their minds had already gone completely blank.
That was when an angry shout exploded beside their ears.
"Stab!!"
In that instant, they reacted entirely on instinct. Amid a chorus of furious shouts, the new recruits thrust out the spears in their hands.
The sharp spearheads pierced into the enemy's bodies. The peculiar sensation traveling back along the shafts made their scalps prickle.
Fortunately, the battlefield before them gave them no time